The first woman prime minister in Latin America, Beatriz Merino, will speak at Cornell University on 'Leadership in the 21st Century for Latin America,' Sept. 1 at 4:45 p.m. in B45 Warren Hall.
Asbestos has saved thousands of lives in the short run, but in the long run it has serious health risks. As a result, asbestos has triggered billions of dollars in litigation costs, says Rachel Maines, Cornell visiting scholar, in a new book.
Two years after he stepped down as Cornell's president, Hunter Rawlings is back. In those two years, numerous projects launched under his previous watch have come to fruition.
Kent Hubbell, Cornell's dean of students, moonlights as an architectural designer of such Fiberglas fabric structures as the one sheltering the Chene Park Performing Arts Complex.
In production since 2003, the Einaudi Center has launched the International Gateway, offering a single point of access online to Cornell's international programs and the international research, teaching and outreach work of its faculty and students.
NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center's newly named Komansky Center for Children's Health is designed to meet the special needs of children and families.
Antibiotics are everywhere -- from the dry cleaners to your soap dispenser -- killing off the bacteria that threaten to make you sick. But a sterile, antiseptic world might do more harm than good, and the onslaught of antibiotics might undermine their very purpose.
The Sanskrit word "yoga" shares its roots with "yoke," as in the alignment of mind and body. Ongoing research at Weill Cornell Medical College is revealing the extent of yoga's capacity to fight an insidious neurodegenerative disease.
